Jordan

General Information

  • Area: 89,342sq km
  • Population: 10,658,123 (2020 estimate)
  • Capital: Amman
  • Main Religion: Sunni Islam(93%, official), Shia Islam(2%), Christianity(4%)
  • Official Language: Arabic

Challenges for Prayer

  1. Pray for the peace of this land, and for the King and government.

  2. Pray that all Christians in Jordan, whether in traditional churches, evangelical churches, or believers from a Muslim background, might cooperate to make Christ known throughout society.

  3. Pray the vast majority of Jordan’s population who remains unreached such as the Muslim majority, the millions of Palestinians, Iraqi refugees, Dom Gypsies. Especially pray for the protection of new believers, who was a Muslim, amid persecution from family, work, and society. 

Source: Molly Wall, Pray for the World, 2015